"" "If two physicians sit down and examine a person like Terri Schiavo, there can be a disagreement," said Smith.""
A prestigious doctor from the Mayo Clinic has said that she may be in a semi conscience state.
Now, let's say I'm wrong (unknowingly) but I get my way. She's really a vegetable. But we put the feeding tube back in. Her family takes care of her. Terri lays in a hospital bed. We can always undo life.
Now let's say you're wrong (unknowingly). but you get your way and the tube is pulled out. BUT Terri is really semi conscience and can be somewhat rehabilitated. And Terri all along is feeling this tremendous pang of starvation. And she dies a painful death. We can't undo death.
Thank you for a great example to allow me to explain my view. The court had three sets of opinions in the matter. They had the husband's experts, the had the parents' expert and they had a trail appointed expert. The Court ruled that the neutral court appointed expert agreed with the findings of the husband's medical experts that she is in a nonreversable PVS .
The court found the claims of the parents' experts as not being credible.
Several appeal courts including it going twice to the federal courts and the Supreme court upheld this medical finding and in fact every ruling of this court case made by the judge - a ruling that follows Florida State law on this matter.
To explain away this the Schindler parents supporters have come up with complex conspiracy theories saying the court appointed doctor was biased as was the judge.
Your opinion and mine should not matter in this private affair.